“He sees me through the glass. We both nod like we give a small shit about each other.” — Peter Hedges Acquaintances Copy Share Image
I used to find limitations frustrating, but I find them enormously liberating. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks. — Peter Hedges Audience Copy Share Image
“Describing Endora is like dancing to no music. It's a town where nothing much ever happens, and nothing much ever will.” — Peter Hedges Music Copy Share Image
“Tucker is on a roll. It usually takes two beers for him to like himself but tonight he only needs half a… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I want to make a series of films of contemporary America that feel urgent and deal with sometimes-topical matters, but hopefully in… — Peter Hedges America Copy Share Image
If you get back into the beginner mindset, you can unearth an energy and a fire that I didn't know I could… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“A man who works all day, every day and loves each apple he uncrates, who cherishes each can of soup - a… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I try, in my films, to normalize things that maybe 20 or 30 years ago a film would have been about. 'Guess… — Peter Hedges Cinema Copy Share Image
My mother's sobriety - that's when I found the theater, that's when I moved from being a basketball player to being a… — Peter Hedges Actor Copy Share Image
I would hope that people might view their fellow beings, all beings, with more empathy, more compassion, with a desire to understand.… — Peter Hedges Compassion Copy Share Image
When I did 'Gilbert Grape,' Lasse Hallstrom let me be on the set with him and in the editing room and in… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Well, it made perfect sense that I originally wanted to be an actor because every Sunday, we walked into church and we… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
And for better or worse, a story like 'Pieces of April' is the kind of story I'm supposed to tell. The kind… — Peter Hedges April Copy Share Image
Well, because my films are really about how people interact with each other, and the complexity, and the nuance, and the surprise… — Peter Hedges Cinema Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very loving but very broken family, and I suppose that's why I'm drawn to telling stories about… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Maudlin scenes where people pour their heart out to one another? I don't want to see it. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Is my job as a child, even as an adult, is my job to heal the wounds of my parents' childhoods? — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
So much of life's dramas, good and bad, play out against family and so it's really inspiring for any number of stories… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
The bigger the budget, the less an audience is trusted, and that's the difference between a big-budget film and a small-budget film. — Peter Hedges Audience Copy Share Image
I'm interested in stories that help me, people navigate in this broken world. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
The greatest love I believe... the greatest love I have is for my children, but I think the greatest love probably universally… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
